When Rush Harding III talks about Junior Achievement, the education nonprofit for which the Crews & Associates founding partner has served as benefactor and from which he will receive a Legacy Award on May 27, it’s not long before the…
May 2021
Arkansas is full of dynamic duos, those couples and partners who’ve made lasting impacts on their communities. And they come in all shades and sizes, from community business leaders to those Arkansans making noise on a global stage. Here at…
Riding the winds of change History of Central Flying Service intertwined with political, military and economic influence When it comes to flight school and training civilian pilots, students and Arkansans alike have turned to Central Flying Service in Little…
- MagazineMay 2021Sports/Outdoors
Can Eric Musselman Become The Dave Van Horn Of Razorback Basketball?
by Evin Demirelby Evin DemirelFor years, Eric Musselman has been on a text message chain with buddies who go back to his playing days at the University of San Diego in the mid-1980s. In the last few weeks, they had, apparently, essentially dared him…
Family is big in Arkansas, and it stands to reason that so are family businesses. Generational businesses are the backbone of business in the Natural State, and while we don’t claim to have a comprehensive list of every family operation…
- BusinessMagazineMay 2021Sports/Outdoors
Watching the Birdies: Golf Popular As Ever For Recreation and Business
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaSam Alley, CEO of VCC in Little Rock, knows a little something about what makes people tick and how to spot talent. As a teenager immigrating from outside Jerusalem to Rose City, Arkansas, he learned that similarities within people far…
- BusinessMagazineManufacturingMay 2021Technology
Hidden Treasure: Arkansas Laser Manufacturer Is A Big Player In Industry And A Family Affair
One might expect a business on the cutting edge of lasers, providing the latest in precision technology to everything from movie theatre projectors to missile guidance systems for national defense, to be located in a sleek building headquartered inside a…
- BusinessMagazineMay 2021
The Business Behind The Storms: It’s Tornado Season, And Arkansas Now Sits On The Bullseye
These are just a handful of the items that Arkansas Money & Politics readers say they keep closeby and in mind during severe weather season. • Bicycle helmets • Identification • Power banks • Generators • Insurance • Storm shelters …
Chester Charles “Shorty” Jones began his trucking business with a 1954 AutoCar diesel truck, a strong work ethic and family values while he hauled poultry from Arkansas to the West Coast and oranges back home. Now, more than 60 years…
- BusinessEducationMagazineMay 2021
Forging a Legacy: Junior Achievement Honoring Leaders Who’ve Shown Commitment To Education
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterJunior Achievement of Arkansas will honor its 2021 Legacy Award winners May 27 from Heifer International’s world headquarters in downtown Little Rock. The Legacy Awards Luncheon, the nonprofit’s largest fundraiser benefiting more than 8,400 students in Central Arkansas, will be held…